Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

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    • Using Vehicle Taxes to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rates of New Passenger Vehicles: Evidence from France, Germany, and Sweden 

      Klier, Thomas; Linn, Joshua (MIT CEEPR, 2012-07)
      France, Germany, and Sweden link vehicle taxes to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rates of passenger vehicles. Based on new vehicle registration data from 2005–2010, a vehicle’s tax is negatively correlated with its ...

    • Risk and Return in Environmental Economics 

      Pindyck, Robert S. (MIT CEEPR, 2012-07)
      I examine the risk/return tradeoff for environmental investments, and its implications for policy choice. Consider a policy to reduce carbon emissions. To what extent does the value of such a policy depend on the expected ...

    • The Climate Policy Dilemma 

      Pindyck, Robert S. (MIT CEEPR, 2012-07)
      Climate policy poses a dilemma for environmental economists. The economic argument for stringent GHG abatement is far from clear. There is disagreement among both climate scientists and economists over the likelihood of ...